- First Amendment - Appreciate Volunteers First Amendment Editor, Times-Union: Please permit me to respond to Ms.Deborah Smith's letter in the April 21 issue.I normally do not respond to letters I disagree with, but I feel such a strong compulsion in this case, I cannot resist. Ms.Smith (Debbie): Despite your vitriol, you could not be more wrong.No one is denying you or Messers Robbins or Vedder or Misses Streisand or Sarandon or Maines their due say.You ARE entirely correct.In the United States of America, they have every right to spew their hatred for the current president.The fact that they are completely wrong, not to mention bordering on seditious, in their criticisms, they do have the right to state them.

- Wawasee Contracts - Toy Sale - Dog Wawasee Contracts Editor, Times-Union: I would like to respond to questions and rumors regarding the Wawasee Community School Board's actions at the Nov.9 school board meeting. First of all, the majority of the board passed the renewal of the superintendent's contract for a period of two years and a one-year contract for the administrators.Contracts run from July 1 through June 31 the following year, which actually makes the contracts valid for 2-1/2 and 1-1/2 years in length.While researching typical contract lengths, I found that contracts range from 3 and 2, 2 and 1, as well as 260 days to 220 days.Our decision is an average of all contracts that were researched in the immediate area.

Editor, Times-Union:As the 2008 elections rapidly approach, one criteria that can be used in evaluating a current or potential officeholder's suitability for holding that office is their stance on religious freedom.

Editor, Times-Union:Thank you for your apology Kevin Wayne Raypholtz.

Editor, Times-Union:Recently M.I.T. experts made it clear that the vaunted Iron Dome defense system built and financed by U.S. taxpayers to protect Israel is nearly a total fraud.

Editor, Times-Union:Please get me up to speed. I cannot understand what I see on the TV news and in the papers.

Editor, Times-Union:First of all, Mrs. or Miss Arnold, you have made some bad judgements.

- Trails - Souder's Priorities - Souder's Priorities - Deer Anguish - Don't Kill Deer - Ethanol Vs.Biodiesel Trails Editor, Times-Union: I live in a condo on the south end of Pike Lake.Phase I of the Warsaw/Winona Lake Greenway opened new running options three seasons ago when the Beyer Farm Trail was completed.This trail provides easy access to the entire east end of Pike Lake via an awesome boardwalk through the marshlands.This provides access to the medical complex as well as Spring Hill Acres on the east side, Pike Lake Park, and even Lucerne Park on the west end of Pike Lake.Now all easily enjoyed by runners, bikers, and walkers of all ages.

Editor, Times-Union:Back in December I asked the Eppenbaugh person to explain two things he had written, but the person that demands answers and sources from everyone else refuses to hold himself to the same standard.

Editor, Times-Union: Wanted: Men and women of courage to stand up and speak out for liberty and truth. Volunteers needed: Courageous ones like Jonas Clark.

Editor, Times-Union:People and Congress people are arguing about whether to drill for more oil or develop other alternatives.

Editor, Times-Union:How much do we value representative government?

We all remember the neighborhoods we grew up in; the memories of childhood friends, driveway basketball games and the security of the community that surrounded us.

Editor, Times-Union:I wrote I would not sink to Tom Metzger's level ...

Editor, Times-Union:My wife and I started reading "Going Rogue" by Sarah Palin, and wow do we all have a treat in store.

- Medical Alternative - Donations Sought - Material World - Lessons Learned - God Punishes Medical Alternative Editor, Times-Union: Don't you wish media pundits would sometimes look down at the …

Editor, Times-Union:Eighteen-year-old Tyler Weinman was recently arrested for allegedly killing 19 cats in South Florida.

Editor, Times-Union:I reside in Winona Lake and attended the Winona Lake Town Council meeting Tuesday evening to learn about the council's consideration of a new sewage treatment facility. 

Editor, Times-Union: I have a new goal to work on in the coming years. After much research I believe I agree with our president on one very important point.

- God And Basketball - Urban Sprawl - Supports Dr. Cook - Educational Priorities - School Survey God And Basketball Editor, Times-Union: Mr. Jacobson, it sounds as though you have green eyes. What …

Editor, Times-Union:Last week my Pomeranian "Foxy" was outside, in the fenced yard, and got scared from gun shots and got out from under the fence and ran away.

- Expansion Plans - Wonderful Strangers - Grateful To Be Alive - Honesty - Educational Priorities Expansion Plans Editor, Times-Union: I'm the very proud mother of three terrific sons who will most likely be finished with Warsaw Community Schools before the new expansion plans are completed.But after experiencing how a portion of this proposal would have enhanced their education, I truly understand how important this is to the future students and the future of the community.I'm concerned about our present dilemma of dealing with our lack of adequate facilities for our performing arts programs.Now is the time.

Editor, Times-Union:I believe that it is important for voters in District 22 to clearly understand my support of religious freedom in this great country of ours.

Editor, Times-Union: I was disappointed to only hear one half-hearted attempt of our local gas station owners trying to justify why Warsaw has the highest gas prices in northern Indiana.

- Fatal Crash - Diet Plans - Literacy Fatal Crash Editor, Times-Union: Just tonight there was another fatal crash on US 30 in front of JD Byrider. I have read tons of letters in your newspaper …